Human Resources: HR.com's Staffing eBulletin for the Week of August 25, 2008

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This edition of the HR.com Staffing ebulletin. Michelle Moylan explains how Employee Background Checks Simplify the Hiring Process.

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Employee Background Checks Simplify the Hiring Process
Hiring the wrong employee can cost a company money and during a time of economic uncertainty that can be devastating. Michelle Moylan explains how a simple background check can make all of the difference.
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Why Should I Work For You?
What can we offer the best and brightest that will convince them it's in their best interest to work for us rather than for themselves? Don
Phin shares his answers.
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This Week's Comic

Workforce Reporting at Safeco Corporation: Creating Business-Focused Scorecards and Analytics
Safeco Corporation, one of the largest insurance companies in North America, established a Workforce Reporting & Analytics team with the goal of "ensuring that accurate and insightful workforce data analysis is efficiently delivered to appropriate business audiences." The driving force for workforce analysis was the need to ...
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Date: September 4 2008
Time: 1:00 - 2:00 PM ET

Applications Are Online- Now What?
Driving all candidates to on-line applications was billed as the one advancement in healthcare recruiting which was going to transform the process. No more paper applications to be lost, copied or transported.
Inputting massive amounts of information was to be a thing of the past and the ...
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Date: September 9, 2008
Time: 3:00 - 4:00 PM ET

Reinventing Time to Fill in Corporate Recruiting
Designed for VPs of HR and Recruiting Managers alike, this webinar will take a fresh look at the recruiting time to fill statistic. From
the basics of "What is the date of a fill?" to using different tools to make fair averages for recruiters, and ...
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Date: September 16, 2008
Time: 3:00 - 4:00 PM ET

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Putting Our Differences to Work - Summary
Putting Our Differences to Work provides a practical guide that will facilitate putting differences to work within any organization.

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